[Sonic is running, Dr. Eggman is pursuing him in the Eggmobile, firing at him. Amy and Tails are also running, being chased and fired at by a Buzz Bomber and a Motobug. Sonic comes to a tree, but it is fired at and falls over; Sonic dodges by using his Spin Jump, then continues running. Now, the Motobug is running away from Amy, who uses her hammer to attack; Knuckles follows her, pursuing the Buzz Bomber, then Sticks and Tails follow him.]

Dr. Eggman: [singing] Jungle laser, jungle laser, fry you with my laser! [Sonic looks ahead and sees a tree; in the tree is a bird's nest with birds inside it.]

Sonic: Hey Eggman, smile for the birdie! [Sonic jumps into the tree, and it flings the bird's nest right off the tree. The birds fly at Eggman, and peck his glasses.]

[Now, Eggman flies away, and Sonic pursues him, while Amy, Knuckles, Tails, and Sticks pursue Orbot and Cubot. Dr. Eggman comes up to a cliff wall, and part of it opens, revealing a cave inside. He enters the cave, followed by Sonic. The wall closes, this time revealing some sort of a temple door.]

Knuckles: [Skids to a stop at the door, and punches it, but nothing happens] Stop smiling!

[Everyone else approaches the door.]

[Scene change: Buddy Buddy Temple]

[Sonic chases Eggman through the temple, as more doors close behind them.]

Dr. Eggman: What are you doing? We should fight this way.

Sonic: No, this way. [points the other way] The natural direction of the fight is taking us left.

Dr. Eggman: Yes, we should go left. My left.

Sonic: No, my left.

Dr. Eggman: My left. Your right.

Sonic: I know I'm right. We should go left. That's the right left.

Dr. Eggman: That doesn't even make any...

[The floor crumbles.]

Dr. Eggman: I'm okay.

[Sonic and Eggman are trapped in the pit.]

Sonic: [holding his leg] Agh! I twisted my ankle.

Dr. Eggman: [panting] I finally have you! [Eggman pushes a button to blast Sonic, but only one weak laser comes out; Sonic pulls in his feet and narrowly evades it. Eggman leans over the Eggmobile, sighing.]

Sonic: Tuckered out, Eggman? [slowly stands up] Have a taste of my Spin Dash! [Sonic launches himself into his Spin Dash in midair, but he quickly loses his balance, misses Eggman, and painfully lands on the rubble behind him.] You just got Spin Dashed...

Cubot: We're free! Free I tells ya! [Orbot and Cubot hold up confetti sticks, and confetti pops out as they spin around.] I could buy a houseboat, and live on it, even though it's a boat!

Orbot: And I can finally finish my memoirs. I've been told I'm a natural recontour.

Cubot: And I've been told I'm a neutral raccoon! [Orbot and Cubot leave.]

Amy: Well, we're sticking around to free Sonic. But until then, one of us needs to be in charge.

Knuckles: Good thinking, Amy; I'll be in charge!

Amy: You? I'm in charge.

Sticks: I don't trust anyone in charge. [looks away]

Tails: I know, why don't we all be in charge?

Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles all together: NO!

[Scene change: Buddy Buddy Temple Interior]

Sonic: [stands up] Oh, perfect! We're stuck here.

Dr. Eggman: Correction: you're stuck here. [Eggman starts up the Eggmobile. It slowly ascends to the gap in the ceiling. But just before it reaches the opening, it starts sputtering. Then, the Eggmobile falls back down as Eggman screams. He hits the ground, shaking the temple.]

Sonic: [looks down at Eggman] Catch ya later, Eggface! [Sonic runs off and turns around. But he lands on his bad ankle as he attempts to jump out. He jumps up to the opening, but misses as well, and hits the ground.]

Dr. Eggman: [mimicking Sonic] "Catch ya later, Eggface!" That's you; that's what you sound like! [He notices a handle on a floor tile on the floor and walks up to it. He tries to pull it, but it won't move. He sits down and sighs briefly.] Wait! I can hook the Eggmobile's tow cable to this floor tile! But it doesn't have enough power to pull it open.

Sonic: [crosses his arms and faces away] I can pull your dumb Eggmobile across the room, if that's our only option.

Dr. Eggman: [pulls out a harness from inside the Eggmobile] Get in the hedgehog harness.

Sonic: What?! No way! [He turns away, but looks back and takes it after a moment.] [muttering, very irritated] If you tell anyone about this...

[Soon, the tow cable is tied to the floor tile. Sonic, in the harness, is hooked up to the Eggmobile.]

Dr. Eggman: Mush, mush!

Sonic: I'm mushing, I'm mushing! [He walks on, dragging the Eggmobile along with him. Eggman holds out his hand and smiles. As Sonic builds up speed, he loops around the floor tile. Eggman laughs as the tile begins to open up. But then, the tile falls through the new gap, pulling down Sonic and Eggman, and crashes to the ground.]

Sonic: [pants] Did we just... cooperate?

Dr. Eggman: Yup, and I got great photos! [A camera flashes, and it shows a picture of Sonic falling while Eggman smiles cynically.]

[Scene change: Buddy Buddy Temple Exterior]

[Sticks is sitting alone on a rock, facing away from her friends. Amy and Knuckles face angrily away from each other, with Tails standing between them, puzzled.]

Amy: Fine, if we can't decide who's in charge, we'll split up. Who wants to be on Team Amy? [Tails raises his hand.]

Amy: We all have to pick a side, Tails. Now, who's it gonna be: Amy...

Knuckles: Or Amy? [Amy facepalms and slouches down.] I still don't get how this works.

Cubot: [offscreen] Help! [He comes back onscreen. Orbot and Sticks soon also do so.] We can't be on our own!

Orbot: All that freedom, too many choices!

[Scene change: Buddy Buddy Temple Interior]

[Eggman is working on his Eggmobile, while Sonic looks at the inscriptions written on the wall.]

Sonic: This looks like a message written in the temple's lost language.

Dr. Eggman: Ha! [He bends down and picks up a scanner. He pushes a button, and then scans the entire perimeter around him.] "Congratulations: you are in the bowels of Buddy Buddy Temple. Enter as strangers, leave as best pals forever". [Sonic walks up and takes the scanner, and he continues reading it.]

Sonic: "Follow the example of the Buddy Beavers to become true bosom buddy amigos"?

Dr. Eggman: Pfft, I ain't interested in your bosom, buddy. [Eggman walks over to the side of the Eggmobile, and he leans on it. It activates a switch on the floor, and the floor opens up, revealing a pool of lava. Sonic and Eggman back to either side as the Eggmobile falls in.]

[Sonic looks to his side, and he sees a mural inscription of the Buddy Beavers as the camera zooms in on the picture.]

Sonic: Follow the Buddy Beavers... [Sonic looks behind and sees a lever, then pulls it. A platform comes out of the wall on the other side, next to Eggman.] Pull your lever, Eggman!

[Eggman climbs onto the platform, and he pulls the lever. Now, another part of the wall comes out next to Sonic. He climbs up and pulls the lever on top, and they keep doing so together until they reach a door with two levers. They try to pull them down individually, but it doesn't work.]

Sonic: Let's do it together.

[Sonic and Eggman pull both levers at the same time, and the door opens. They both head through it, but then, Eggman comes back and looks at the Eggmobile sinking in the lava. A sad funeral tune plays.]

[Sonic begins walking, but he steps on another floor tile. Large spikes pop out of the larger holes on each wall, and both walls begins moving towards the center slowly. Sonic notices a way out and runs to Eggman, then he helps him walk towards the exit.]

Dr. Eggman: About this morning, I'm sorry for, you know, blasting you with all those lasers. I need to learn not to try to incinerate you all the time.

Sonic: Thanks... I guess.

[Sonic and Eggman approach a portcullis with two buttons on opposite sides.]

Sonic: We've gotta hit these at the same time.

[Sonic and Dr. Eggman take opposite sides and push the two buttons together. The portcullis opens, and then strangely, although Eggman has twisted his ankle, he is capable of running through on his own without assistance. Eggman's hurries through, but just as Sonic is about to, Eggman shoves him back as the portcullis drops.]

Dr. Eggman: So long, hedgehog! Hope you don't find this turn of events crushing! Get it, cause you'll be crushed by the walls? They'll crush you. [Sonic isn't laughing; he just frowns and stares at him.] I'll explain it after you're crushed.

[Eggman walks away, leaving Sonic trapped between the two walls that are closing in on him. Eggman whistles Jungle Laser until he comes to yet another door, with two levers on opposite walls of the room.]

Dr. Eggman: Come on, why would there be another door? I just opened one! Who even designed this temple? It's okay, Eggman; you got this, just pull both levers.

[Eggman runs up to the first lever, pulls it, and races to the other lever. But as he pulls the second one down, the first lever pops back up again on its own! He looks back, surprised, and hurries back to pull it down again. But as he pulls it down again off-screen, the second lever now pops back up on its own.]

Dr. Eggman: Stay down, levers! [He tries again, but just like last time, as he pulls one lever down, the other one pops itself back up.] Stay down! [Eggman realizes he can't get out without Sonic's help.] I was so close... [Sonic is trying to force one of the walls to a stop, but he can't force it back.]

Dr. Eggman: Hedgehog, hit your button! [He hits a button on his side of the portcullis which opens it, and Sonic falls through just as the walls collide together.] Let's go, giddy-up! [He walks over to Sonic, who lies on his stomach with his eyes closed. Sonic slowly stands up as Eggman talks to him.] Okay, I understand why you might be upset with me. We're bosom buddy amigos now! Gimme a big smile.

Sonic: [The temple starts quaking.] Let's just get out of here before the roof caves in! [Rocks fall from the ceiling, and Sonic and Eggman jump to either side as an enormous boulder smacks the ground.]

[Scene change: Buddy Buddy Temple Exterior]

[Amy, Knuckles, Tails, Orbot, and Cubot are all standing up while Sticks sits alone on a nearby rock. They still are not doing anything.]

Amy: If I was in charge, we'd be in the temple already.

Knuckles: And if you were in charge, I'd be in the temple already. [His illogical statement puzzles Amy.]

Knuckles: [talking loudly] You're right! Most of the time I'm very confused and just yell back things! [Sticks walks over, fed up.]

Sticks: It doesn't matter who's leading; we're never getting into the... [The ground breaks up, and they all fall in together.]

[Scene change: Buddy Buddy Temple Interior]

[Eggman is standing on top of Sonic's shoulders, trying to reach a higher opening. The wall nearby caves in, and Knuckles, Orbot, Tails, Sticks, Cubot, and Amy, in that order, appear. Amy looks over and notices Sonic and Eggman.]

Amy: Sonic! Are you helping Eggman?

Sonic: What? [He shoves Eggman up, and leans against the wall nonchalantly.] No. [More rocks fall down, and Sonic hops up to the opening. He and Eggman see an old mine cart on a set of mine tracks.] There's our way out! [Sonic leaps through and approaches the cart, with Orbot following him.]

Orbot: An old mine cart? We don't even know where it goes. [A rock falls from the ceiling and hits him on his head, and Orbot frowns as he rubs his head.]

Sonic: You wanna stay here?

[Sonic, Eggman, Tails, Sticks, Amy, Knuckles, Orbot, and Cubot all get on board the mine cart, with Sonic and Eggman taking each end of the lever.]

Sonic: Okay, ready? [He and Eggman begin pumping the lever.] Lift!

Dr. Eggman: Pump!

Sonic: Lift!

Dr. Eggman: Pump!

[Sonic and Eggman keep lifting and pumping as they respectively call "Lift!" and "Pump!" The mine cart begins to move slowly, and it accelerates immediately. They race along the tracks, but the entire tunnel behind them begins caving in. They lift and pump faster as the rock slide begins to catch up, but they soon come to an opening in the cave leading back outside. The mine cart flies out, but the tracks abruptly end, and they all fall down to the ground. Rocks tumble out, and Eggman and Sonic jump away, missing being hit by a boulder.]